Following reviews of indignant Youths trapping the State Deputy Governor
Mani Malam Mumini in Gwashi city, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Sunday, the spokesman for Zamfara State Governor Suleiman Bala Idris has countered the report.
Speaking on Monday in an unique chat with Leadership, the spokesman mentioned the Deputy Governor efficiently visited Bukkuyum and donated reduction supplies to the victims of insecurity.
The deputy governor was within the city to commiserate with residents over a current bandit assault that claimed the lives of not less than 9 safety operatives and a number of other civilians.
Recall that yesterday residents mentioned the youths barricaded the doorway to the city, chanting “Bamayi,” a Hausa phrase which means “We don’t want you,” accusing the federal government of failing to guard them from incessant bandit assaults.
Another resident, Kabiru Garba who spoke to Leadership on phone mentioned the neighborhood was angered that no authorities official visited the world to commiserate with victims within the instant aftermath of the lethal assault.
“The people are angry. We lost nine security personnel and many innocent citizens. Nobody from government came when we were under attack and mourning our people. Now they are here, we don’t want them,” a resident mentioned.
The scenario was mentioned to have escalated, forcing the deputy governor and his safety particulars to take cowl for concern that the irate youths may assault them.
Residents mentioned the incident mirrored rising frustration over insecurity in Bukkuyum Local Government Area, which has remained one of many worst-hit areas by banditry in Zamfara State.
